Blogs from Pisco, Ica, Peru, South America - page 7

It was an early start for the route out of Lima. Our bus was scheduled to depart at 8:30 and we were told to be at the terminal for 8. We’d pre-booked a cab to take us the station so we didn’t have to worry about flagging one down with all out gear, so off we went. There’s no central bus station in Lima, all the different companies each have they’re own terminal scattered throughout the city, and when we were dropped off we noticed that this terminal looked ‘different’ to the one we’d bought our tickets at. We just figured that we were looking at it from behind. Wrong! This particular company had two terminals! We dashed back outside, but our taxi had already left, luckily there was another one waiting so after a short ... read more

Pisco, located in central Peru, is a town of 71,000 inhabitants located on the Bahia de Paracas, a giant bay that opens North and is protected to the west by a huge peninsula that forms the major part of a large desert reserve called the Reserva Nacional Paracas. This giant reserve is home to sea lions, flamingos and a reputed formation (the "Candelabra") of the Nazca people who inhabited southern Peru from AD 1-700. Just to the north of the bay is a rugged, beautiful, and ecologicaly and economically important island formation called Islas Ballestas. It is here that my favorite Pisco experience was had. I was fortunate enough to take a boat tour to the Islas on one of my Pisco mornings. The trip left from a small fishing and tourist village twenty minutes ... read more

Hello friends, I hope you all are doing well! I am currently in a Peruvian town called Pisco, about four hours south of Lima on the 90 km and hour Panamericana Highway. This route is basically the extensin of the west coast´s I-5 except that it is a two lane road without a median - necessary because some of the cane logging trucks move somewhere around 50 km an hour. The first stop on the trip was a backpacking hostel in Miraflores (Miraflores is an upscale southern suburb of Lima) called the Flying Dog. A wonderful place with eight rooms, shared bathrooms and showers and a bar downstairs - a perfect place to loosen the tounge of any poor Spanish speaking American. Plus, si and cervesa were my most used Spanish words before my trip. ... read more

Pisco sijaitsee 70km Icasta pohjoiseen, joten alle parin tunnin bussimatka taittui nopeasti ja hostellin etsiminen vielä nopeammin. Sopuhinnan tingittyämme lähdimme etsimään matkatoimistoa, joka tekisi päivämatkoja Ballestanin saarille. Muutaman toimiston läpikäytyämme saimme selville hinnan. Hotellin omistaja tarjosi meille samaa pakettia, joten otimme sen hänen kauttaan. Illalla katseltiin hieman kaupungin vilinää viereisellä kävelykadulla ennen nukkumaan menoa. Aamulla herättiin aikaisin ja pienen odottelun jälkeen bussi haki meidät pihasta. Selvästi ei ole sesonki käynnissä, koska me olimme ainoat turistit bussissa. Bussi hurautti meidät nopeasti Paracasin kalastajakylään, josta lähtivät kaikki paatit Ballestanin saarille. Siellä nähtiin meidän opas (Harold), joka puhui todella hyvä englantia ja oli muutenkin loistotyyppi ottaen meidät veneen ainoat enkkua ymmärtävät hyvin huomio... read more

The first point of call was a place called Pisco, about a 3 hour drive from Lima! One good thing about there only being three of us was that we just had one minibus and could stretch out, chat, read or play games! The first thing you notice driving through Peru is how much is just dry, empty land! Every now and again we would see a hut or small town but otherwise it was consistent rocky land and sand dunes. Of course you´d still spot the odd Coca Cola sign, but out here they´ve also got Inca Kola which is a much sweeter drink and apparently more popular. In typical sod´s law fashion, even the minibus ride couldn´t go without one hiccup! Driving down one of the main highways we suddenly heard a bang and ... read more